Two mudslides in southern Ethiopia left at least 230 people dead, following heavy rain as chances thin to find survivors. Most deaths were caused by the first landslide, followed by a second that killed people who were trying to rescue survivors, local media reported. Landslides are common during Ethiopia’s rainy season, which started in July […]
Barrick Gold Corporation said that it remains restricted from shipping gold from the Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex in Mali, where authorities have also seized the company’s existing gold stock from the site to a custodial bank. Malian authorities have seized an amount of gold estimated at $245 million in an escalation of their long-running dispute with […]
Reporters without Borders (RSF) has issued a very biased statement, to say the least, in which it arrogantly put itself in the place of the Moroccan justice and castigated a women complaining of sexual assault by journalist Omar Radi, who is also facing espionage charges. In an appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence […]
